I love going to filming locations for movies, especially horror films. And since it was October 30th, and I had a free day, I dragged the wife up to Pasadena to go see where they filmed HALLOWEEN. Fun Fact! She will go anywhere as long as I promise her lunch at a new restaurant.

I had already been to the Myers house a few times, and of course the Hardware store which is nearby, but I had never gone to the Strode house or the famous hedge.

So I had some catching up to do.

The most famous Halloween location is the Myers house. Located at 1000 Mission Street in South Pasadena, its now a chiropractic clinic. When we got there it was great because other fans had the same idea. People were taking pictures and there was a guy dressed up as Michael on the porch. See wife, I'm not the only one who likes doing this!

The owners of the Chiropractic clinic have a sign on the door welcoming fans, but asking if they could stay off the porch. That sign was promptly ignored!

Below are some pictures of the Myers house!

Michael Meyers by day / Uber driver by night.

Who knows where his hands have been.

Not sure why Sam was there, maybe to see his chiropractor.

Another great location is the famous hedge that Michael watched Laurie and Annie from. Its one of the more eerie parts of the film, but its not as eerie when I recreate it with the lady in back of me walking her dog. (see below)

This was the best of the 20 pictures we took.In the other 19 I had my dick out.

The other side of the hedge.... thats right.. its important stuff!

The hedge is on Montrose Avenue, and is also the same street that Lynda's and Annie's house is on.

Lynda's house is below at 1027 Montrose.

Fun Fact: It was also the house used in the opening credits of "Mama's Family"a show that was on right after "Charles in Charge"They owned the "after school" time slot!

"If you could stop taking photos and get off my property that would be great"- all neighbors

Annie Brackets house, 1017 Montrose

It looks so peaceful without an idiot standing on the lawn.

I'm standing in dog shit.

Below is Laurie Strodes House, 1115 Oxley Street

My Zillow dating profile pic.

The owners of the house have a welcome letter on their porch that says "Yes, this is Laurie Strode's house from the movie Halloween, take some pictures, have fun!"I suppose it beats having dirty fat guys in shorts and their goth looking girlfriends knocking on the door 15 times a day.... unless your into that sort of thing.

Normally I'm not allowed within 50 feet of a school,but for this they made an exception.

Luckily school was not in session or this photo would be fullof kids on their iPhones.

Walking with my back to the camera. My best acting yet!

Below is the hardware store where Michael got his mask from,

now its an Indian restaurant with average Yelp reviews.

If you listen closely you can hear Donald Pleasance yelling his Indian Food order.

I also have a ton of photos of the houses in Hollywood where Laurie and Annie were babysitting at the end of the movie, but I'm too lazy to dig them up, scan them, post them and write snarky comments. So you will just have to trust me and know that I spend a lot of time "hanging out" on Orange Grove avenue daydreaming about a killer that is make believe.

I'm noticing these days a lot of people online are expressing their love for the movie Halloween III. I'm seeing new reviews, references to "Silver Shamrock" and fun facts about the film splattered all over. They say its a guilty pleasure, a classic in its own right. And that the only reason it doesn't get any respect is because its the only movie in the Halloween series without Michael Meyers.

But this is a gentle reminder that Halloween III still sucks. I feel the only reason that people have any love at all for this movie is that its the only film in the Halloween series that hasn't been watched a thousand times. Therefore it hasn't been, picked apart, re-watched, critiqued, enjoyed, talked about and shared to death. So in a way its still fresh.

I went to a midnight screening of the original Halloween last week, and as much as I love that movie, it really doesn't hold up. Maybe because I've seen it so many times or because I'm older. But its still better than the piece of shit that is Halloween III.

For me, Halloween III sat unwatched in my collection until just last month. All this commotion had finally prompted me to give it a watch. You see I had owned the film, but had never watched it. I only bought it to have a complete Halloween collection.

No Meyers, No interest.

Besides being the 3rd film in the series, I think its called Halloween III because it took me 3 nights to finish watching it. I can sit through some shit, but this one was extra rough. It had its moments, but my favorite was the end credits. I don't even have the enthusiasm to break down the movie and complain about certain parts. I guess writing this half assed blog post will have to do!

There's no better way to spend a Saturday than visiting Friday the 13th filming locations. (my wife would disagree) Today we visited the famous Pinehurst Youth Development Center from "A New Beginning". On the way home we also swung by the Diner where Billy and Lana met their demise.

These locations are way out in the middle of fucking nowhere. It was about a 50 minute drive from Los Angeles. When we got to Pinehurst (its not a halfway house in real life, its an Avocado farm) we were greeted by high fences and a closed gate. I had to park and stand on my car just to get a "halfway" decent picture of the "halfway" house. But seeing that barn did get me excited, even if Part 5 sucks ass.

Fright Rags Part 5 shirt.

I got as close as I could to get the following pics from the road.

Pinehurst house.

No fans allowed!

There's too many fucking trees on this property.

We went around the side to try to get some closer pictures of the barn. We basically had to crawl through the avocado farm next door and get as close as possible. No trespassing signs are everywhere, but if I drove 50 miles for this I'll just pretend I can't read.

If my 8 year old self could see me now!

This shot below may not look too familiar in the movie unless you have a keen eye.

When Tommy Jarvis first arrives at Pinehurst in the Unger Mental Institute van you can see him driving by this car port in the background, A yellow truck is in the place where the blue car is in now. Another fun fact is that if Part 5 is your favorite film you should be committed to the Unger Mental Institute as well because you're nuts.

Got a new display case for the house. Its a great place to make my crap look more presentable.

Included in the case is...

- Friday the 13th part 4 Hockey Mask-A Nightmare on Elm Street "Freddy Glove"-A hinge from the barn used in Friday the 13th part 3-A brick from the fireplace used in Friday the 13th part 3-49ers Helmet-Newspaper from the last game at Candlestick Park.-A medal Sarah got from the city of Santa Monica for saving some guys life.

Took a nice trip this morning to check out Tina's house from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" - It was surprisingly close to my house since I live in Santa Monica and they filmed this scene in Venice.

I grabbed Sarah and my authentic Freddy Glove and took some pictures of what the famous alley behind Tina's house looks like today! We spoke to a few neighbors, some of the them were familiar with the horror history of their alleyway and some didn't give a fuck.

I got the address from the "Then/Now movie locations" website. Its a great website and I put a link below. If you want to go check out Tina's house for yourself, its at 620 Millwood in Venice, CA.